California prisons

Los Angeles Times

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that California must remove tens of thousands of inmates from its prison rolls in the next two years, and state officials vowed to comply, saying they hoped to do so without setting any criminals free. Administration officials expressed confidence that their plan to shift low-level offenders to county jails and other facilities, already approved by lawmakers, would ease the persistent crowding that the high court said had caused "needless suffering and death" and amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Story

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that California must remove tens of thousands of inmates from its prison rolls in the next two years, and state officials vowed to comply, saying they hoped to do so without setting any criminals free. Administration officials expressed confidence that their plan to shift low-level offenders to county jails and other facilities, already approved by lawmakers, would ease the persistent crowding that the high court said had caused "needless suffering and death" and amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Story (Los Angeles Times)

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that California must remove tens of thousands of inmates from its prison rolls in the next two years, and state officials vowed to comply, saying they hoped to do so without setting any criminals free. Administration officials expressed confidence that their plan to shift low-level offenders to county jails and other facilities, already approved by lawmakers, would ease the persistent crowding that the high court said had caused "needless suffering and death" and amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Story